US Army Defense Plant Corporation DPC

Defense Plant Corporation
Most recent update: June 10, 2013.
589 vessels - 100 86-foot tugs, 21 180-foot towboats and 467 barges - were built during WWII by 34 shipyards for the use of the Defense Plant Corporation. Most were completed too late to be of much use to the DPC and were transferred to other agencies or sold.
Type	#s	Shipbuilder	Location	Original Name	Type	Feet	Built	Disposition
DPC	1	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-471, later YTM-471 (1944), lost 1946
DPC	2	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Lucy Haden, later Jimmie Cryer (1961), Captain Jack (1970), scrapped 1975
DPC	3	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as DS-43, later Fresh Kills (1950), Richard K. (1969), Leopard (1993), Miss Laura (2003), active 2012
DPC	4	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as DS-44, later Spring Creek (1950), Cochise, Southern Cross, active 2012
DPC	5	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Titan, later Taurus, NLD
DPC	6	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as TD-53, NLD 1951
DPC	7	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Ajax, later Morania No. 10 (1959), Pamela, Pamela II (1983), scrapped 2000
DPC	8	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as U. S. Goheen, later M. M. Coppedge II
DPC	9	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as J. H. Deinlein, wrecked off Monhegan ME 1973
DPC	10	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-472, later YTM-472 (1944), sold 1946
DPC	11	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Saturn, later Palos Verdes (1961), Zenith
DPC	12	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as J. F. Heil, later Jonathan B., Southern Star, NLD
DPC	13	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 20, sold 1946 as Dixie, later Samantha, scrapped 1978
DPC	14	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 1, sold 1946 as Frank W. Spencer, later Matt Turecamo, reefed off New Jersey 1996
DPC	15	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946, later Brooklyn (1948), reefed 2001
DPC	16	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Gremlin, later Alice St. Philip (1965), Honcho (1971), NLD
DPC	17	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-467, lost 1944
DPC	18	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-468, later YTM-468 (1944), sold 1946
DPC	19	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 2, sold 1946 as Clayton P. Kehoe, later Canal Cities (1949), Curtis Reinauer (1972), K2 (1988), J.J. (1993), NLD
DPC	20	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Blanche T. Rogers
DPC	21	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 4, later TD-21, NLD 1964
DPC	22	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 3, to USN as YT 721, later YTM-721 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA 3, later TD-61, NLD 1947, later Capt. Jack (1976), as Delta Jessica, sold in Mexico, active
DPC	23	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 7, to USN as YT-475, later YTM-475 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA 7, later TD-31, TD-14, NLD
DPC	24	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 8, later TD-22, NLD 1964
DPC	25	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 10, later TD-62, NLD 1947
DPC	26	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 9, sold 1946 as Falmouth, later Claire A. Moran (1951), Taurus
DPC	27	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-782, sold 1951 as Herkules, later Saturn (1968)
DPC	28	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 22, sold 1946 as Wotoco, later Gay Moran, Julian A, Intrepid, NLD
DPC	29	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-795, to Italy 1946 as Miseno, sank 1978
DPC	30	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Roughneck
DPC	31	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 to Cuban interests
DPC	32	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 25, to USN as YT 607, later YTM 607 (1944), back to WSA as WSA 25, sold 1948, later Maxine McDermott (1950), Captain Bud, Alice E., active 2012
DPC	33	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Sea King, later S. H. Coppedge, Kimberley J. Turecamo (1978), reefed 1991
DPC	34	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Columbia, NLD 2008
DPC	35	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Seabee, later Progress (1952/54), Electra, scuttled 1999
DPC	36	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 24, later TD-41, TD-54, NLD 1964, sold as Steve E. Sparks, Lewis E. White, sold in Venezuela (1979), active
DPC	37	Lawley & Son	Neponset MA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as J. R. Guyton, later Jim Bauer (1961), Chief Joseph
DPC	38	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Zenith, later Oscar H. Westin (1957), Lynn Marie (1970), Raven (1975), NLD 1979
DPC	39	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Percheron
DPC	40	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 23, to USN as YT 606, later YTM 606 (1944), back to WSA as WSA 23, later TD-82, Brian Arthur, NLD 2001
DPC	41	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as TD-51, NLD 1951
DPC	42	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946, later Skipper (1948), Viatic (1952/54), Dalzellance (1957), Cecilia J. Brown, NLD
DPC	43	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-771, sold 1949 as Stur (Germany), later Altair (Yugoslavia)(1968), Plankton (Croatia)(1992), active
DPC	44	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-769, sold 1945 as Labornus (Belgium), later Ouenza (France)(1947), in Algeria (1964), active 2004
DPC	45	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-775, sold 1947 as Balder (Norway), later Aldebaran (1968), Voluja (Croatia)(1993)
DPC	46	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-776, sold 1951 as Vulcan (Britain), later Vega (1968), in Croatia as Barakuda (1992)
DPC	47	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as F. F. Clain, later Ben F. Royal (1980), Susan Richards, C-2, Warrior, NLD 2009
DPC	48	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Albatross, later Baton Rouge (1961), Kevin S. Candies (1964), Powhatan, active 2012
DPC	49	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-779, sold 1948 as Steinbock, later Argus (1968), scrapped 2002
DPC	50	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Margaret Kehoe, later Penn No.5 (1947), Morania No.5 (1956), Linda (1961), Capt. J. P., NLD
DPC	51	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 6, sold 1946 as Chas. E. Trout, later Naomi Marie (1979), South Haven (1980), Becky E. (1989), White Lake (1996), NLD 2010
DPC	52	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-758, sold 1948 as Titan (Denmark), later Titan II (1949), Herkules (1949), sank off Trondheim 1957
DPC	53	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 21, sold 1945 as Salutation, later Christina (1947), Tanda 10 (1955), Delbar, NLD
DPC	54	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-759, sold 1947 to Greek interests
DPC	55	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Grace No. 2, later Dalzellea (1956), Chrisnick, Thomas H. (1988), scuttled 1995
DPC	56	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Pennsbury, later Nanticoke, Bay Pride, Jordon Pointe (1997), sank 1998
DPC	57	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-770, sold 1947 to Greek interests
DPC	58	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-772, sold 1947 as Perseus (Greece), later OLP 1
DPC	59	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-781, sold 1951 as Sirius (Greece), later Regulus (Yugoslavia)(1968), scrapped 2001
DPC	60	Bushey & Sons	Brooklyn NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-794, sunk in Le Havre 1944
DPC	61	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as C. R. Haden, later Elizabeth Bauer (1961)
DPC	62	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-778, sold 1947 as Bartow, later Elizabeth Moran (1957)
DPC	63	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Vincent C. Turecamo, later Ponce de Leon (1961)
DPC	64	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Orleans, later Leo, NLD
DPC	65	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as TD-42, NLD 1951, to USCG 1973 as CG-85010 Research, later Delilah, NLD
DPC	66	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Pauline L. Moran, later Mafra (Portugal) 1947
DPC	67	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Cile, later Eastern Cities (1947), Dalzellage (1959), Spartan, Clive (1993), NLD 2002
DPC	68	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 26, sold 1946 as Long Beach, later Clifford G., NLD 2009
DPC	69	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-470, later YTM-470 (1944), sold 1946 as H. A. Lumb (Australia), scuttled off Port Noarlunga (Am. Samoa) 1994
DPC	70	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 17, to USN as YT 476, later YTM 476 (1944), back to WSA as WSA 17, later TD-72
DPC	71	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 18, to USN as YT 722, later YTM 722 (1944), back to WSA as WSA 18, later TD-81, in Spain
DPC	72	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 19, sold 1946 as Los Angeles, later Sea Shepherd, NLD 2004
DPC	73	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as TD-52, NLD 1951
DPC	74	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-761, sold 1950 as Ryhope (Britain), later Kastor (Yugoslavia)(1970), scrapped 1986
DPC	75	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-773, sold 1951 to British interests, sank off Malta 1951
DPC	76	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-774, sold 1948 as Groensund (Denmark), later Baus (Norway)(1949), Deneb (1969), Rot (Croatia)(1992)
DPC	77	Alexander, L.F.	New Orleans LA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Jim Brown, later Norman D. (1950)
DPC	78	Alexander, L.F.	New Orleans LA		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Geo. E. Roper, later Mogul (1950), Netty (1952/54), Dalzellite (1962)
DPC	79	Alexander, L.F.	New Orleans LA		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-762, sold 1950 as Monte Cristo (Italy), laid up 2000
DPC	80	Alexander, L.F.	New Orleans LA		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-780, sold 1948 as Bulbider (Denmark), later Stylianos K. (Greece), Kappa Guard
DPC	81	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as R. T. McDow, later C. R. Haden (1961), foundered 1969
DPC	82	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 16, to USN as YT 477, later YTM 477 (1944), back to WSA 1946 as WSA 16, later TD-71
DPC	83	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To USN as YT-469, later YTM-469 (1944), sold 1946
DPC	84	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1945 as Grace No. 3, later Dalzellatom (1956), Gowanus (1969), scrapped 1980s
DPC	85	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Mercury, later Seal Beach (1961), Stedfast, NLD
DPC	86	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Lewis No. 8, later Tipperary (1981), Tilly (1990), NLD 2006
DPC	87	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-763, sold 1951 as Arion (Germany), later Jupiter (Yugoslavia)(1968), in Croatia (199?), scrapped 2004
DPC	88	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 5, sold 1946 to Scandinavian interests, later Terrell, NLD
DPC	89	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 11, later TD-23, NLD 1964
DPC	90	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 12, to USN as YT 474, later YTM 474 (1944), later TD-32, TD-15, back to WSA as WSA 12 (1946)
DPC	91	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 13, not used
DPC	92	Consolidated SB	Morris Hts NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 14, sold 1946 as Gannet, later James T. Moran (1959), Osceola, Katherine Anne, active 2012
DPC	93	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946 as Kevin Moran, later Mutela (1947), NLD 1953
DPC	94	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To WSA as WSA 15, to USN as YT-478, later YTM 478 (1944), back to WSA as WSA 15 (1946)
DPC	95	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-764, sold 1946 in Greece, later Grangetown (Britain)(1950), Polaris (Yugoslavia)(1970), in Croatia (1992)
DPC	96	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-765, sold 1946 as Hippone (France)(1951), in Algeria (1964)
DPC	97	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-766, sold 1946 as Rekin (Poland)(1946), NLD 1966
DPC	98	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	Sold 1946, later Ferry Point (1950), Captain RK, Dianne M. (1988), NLD 1989
DPC	99	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-767, sold 1945 as Cornhill (Britain)(1951), later Hannah Spearing (1980), burned off Fleetwood and scrapped 1996
DPC	100	American SB	Buffalo NY		Tug	86	1944	To USA as ST-768, sold 1948 as Kronos (Denmark), later Whitburn (Britain)(1964), Abou Shanab (Egypt)(1978), scrapped 2005
DPC	101	Holtz SS	Ocean City NJ		Tank Barge	170
DPC	102-151	Eastport Marine	Jacksonville FL		Tank Barge	170
DPC	152-171	Moss Point SY	Moss Point MS		Tank Barge	170
DPC	172-188	Brownsville SS	Brownsville TX		Tank Barge	170
DPC	202-231	Gahagan Constn	Washington NC		Tank Barge	170
DPC	232-239	Gibbs-Harrison	Hialeah FL		Tank Barge	170
DPC	244-250	Heath & Mann	Miami FL		Tank Barge	170
DPC	251-268	U.S. Engineers	Memphis TN		Tank Barge	170
DPC	269-292	U.S. Engineers	New Orleans LA		Tank Barge	170
DPC	293-331	Maxon Constn	Dayton OH		Tank Barge	170
DPC	332-368	Kansas City Bridge	Plaquemine LA		Tank Barge	170
DPC	371-388	Westergard BW	Biloxi MS		Tank Barge	170
DPC	408-413	Chicago Bridge	Chicago IL		Tank Barge	195
DPC	414-419	Chicago Bridge	Chicago IL		Deck Barge	195
DPC	420-422	Samuelson SY	Beaumont TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	423-434	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Tank Barge	195
DPC	435-452	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Deck Barge	195
DPC	453-461	Consolidated Steel	Orange TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	462-469	Consolidated Steel	Orange TX		Deck Barge	195
DPC	470-474	Samuelson SY	Beaumont TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	475-480	Samuelson SY	Beaumont TX		Deck Barge	195
DPC	481-489	Sabine Steel	Port Arthur TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	490-493	Sabine Steel	Port Arthur TX		Deck Barge	195
DPC	494-502	Kane Boiler Works	Galveston TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	503-509	Kane Boiler Works	Galveston TX		Deck Barge	195
DPC	510-521	Schmidt Barge Yard	Houston TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	522-537	Boland M W	New Orleans LA		Tank Barge	195
DPC	538-545	Schmidt Barge Yard	Houston TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	546-553	U.S. Engineers	New Orleans LA		Tank Barge	195
DPC	554-557	U.S. Engineers	New Orleans LA		Deck Barge	195
DPC	558-560	Vance Machine	Houston TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	561-562	Vance Machine	Houston TX		Deck Barge	195
DPC	563-569	Consolidated Steel	Orange TX		Tank Barge	195
DPC	570-578	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO		Tank Barge	195
DPC	579-587	Decatur I & S	Decatur AL		Tank Barge	195
		Gielow, Inc.	New York NY	Inductance	Power Plant	318	1944
		Gielow, Inc.	New York NY	Resistance	Power Plant	318	1944
		Gielow, Inc.	New York NY	Impedance	Power Plant	318	1944
		Gielow, Inc.	New York NY	Sea Power	Power Plant	318	1944
		General Eng	Alameda CA	Unnamed	Power Plant	318	1944
DPC	601	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Corregidor	Towboat	180	1944	To CoE 1946, sold 1956, later Kathy L, dredge Lacombe
DPC	602	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Java Sea	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, later dredge Joe Pickering
DPC	603	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Wake Island	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, later dredge
DPC	604	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Attu	Towboat	180	1944	To CoE 1946, Somervell 1955, sold 1964, dredge BDCO No. 52, scrapped 1960
DPC	605	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Guadalcanal	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, scrapped 1960
DPC	606	JeffBoat	Jeffersonville IN	Tulagi	Towboat	180	1944	To CoE 1946, sold 1957, later pump boat
DPC	607	Cargill	Minneapolis MN	Bataan	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947 as Sohio Latonia, Orleanian 1949, later dredge
DPC	608	Cargill	Minneapolis MN	Coral Sea	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, later pump boat, scrapped 1977
DPC	609	Cargill	Minneapolis MN	Milne Bay	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, later Allen B. Wood, dredge Dave Blackburn, burnt 1996
DPC	610	Cargill	Minneapolis MN	Bou Arada	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1946 as Sohio Fleetwing, Pittsburgher 1949, Avocet 1965, later dredge, sank off Pensacola
DPC	611	Dubuque Boat	Dubuque IA	Tenaru River	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1946, scrapped 1960
DPC	612	Mount Vernon Bridge	Mount Vernon OH	Midway Islands	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1946 as Sohio Southern, H. A. Bayless 1949, dredge Senator Allen J. Ellender
DPC	613	Mount Vernon Bridge	Mount Vernon OH	Lunga Point	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, wrecked 2008
DPC	614	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Kokoda	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, dredge 1960, sank in GIWW 1961
DPC	615	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Buna	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, scrapped 1964
DPC	616	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Casablanca	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1946, scrapped
DPC	617	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Tunis	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, active
DPC	618	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Gona	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947, active as barge
DPC	619	St. Louis Ship	St. Louis MO	Mateur	Towboat	180	1944	To CoE 1947, sold 1991 as Effie Afton, floating restaurant at Rock Island IL 1994
DPC	620	Marietta Mfg.	Point Pleasant WV	Guam	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947 as H. E. Lewis, America 1952, dredge BDCO NOo. 28
DPC	621	Marietta Mfg.	Point Pleasant WV	Kiska	Towboat	180	1944	Sold 1947 as W. J. Creighton, Constitution 1952, dredge Senator Russell B. Long

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Most recent update: June 10, 2013.